Safety-faucet and water-controlling connection



No. 696,73l. Patanted Apr; 1, i902.

E. a. GASSEN. SAFETY FAUCET AND WATER CONTROLLING CUNNE'CTION.

(Application filed 9, 1601.)

( No Ilodal.)

m: nonms PETERS co. woTc-uma, WASHINGTON. D. c.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL G. GASSEN, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

SAFETY-FAUCET AND WATER-CONTROLLING CONNECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,731, dated April 1,1902.

Application filed December 9, 1901. Serial No. 85,239. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMIL G. GASSEN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Sioux City, in the county of Siouxand State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Faucets andVVater-Oontrolling Connections for VVater- Supply Pipes in Dwellings andother Places, of which the following, when taken in connection with thedrawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, is a full and completedescription, sufiicient to enable those skilled in the art to which itpertains to understand,

make, and use the same.

The invention relates to faucets to watersupply pipes wherein the wateris forced through the supply-pipes and through the faucet when the wateris turned on and the faucet is open and to means to turn such Water onand off.

The object of this invention is to obtain a safety water-faucet andwater-controlling connection to be placed and used as stated that is, afaucet and water-controlling connection by the use of which the freezingof water in the pipes during the winter months will be obviated.

An additional object of this invention is to obtain an apparatus of thekind named by means of which the water obtained from the faucet will becool and palatable; and a further object of the invention is to obtainan apparatus by means of which the likelihood of lead-poison, where leadpipes are used in plumbing a house, is largely obviated.

The mechanisms by means of which I embody the invention herein setforth, described, and claimed are illustrated in the drawings referredto, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of a safetyfaucet andwater-controlling connection and rod. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalView of the water-controlling rod, the upper end of the safety-faucetplunger, and a modification of 1 the connection between suchsafety-faucet and the plunger-rod. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional viewon line 3 of Fig. 2 viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.Fig. l is a top plan view of the water-controlling rod and theconnection adjacent thereto on line 4c of Fig. 2 viewed in the directionindicated by the arrow; and Fig. 5 is a vertical at end a thereof.

sectional view of the safety-faucet illustrated in Fig. 1, the upper endof the plunger-rod of such faucet being also shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings.

A reference-letter applied to designate a given part is used to indicatesuch part throughout the several figures of the drawings wherever thesame appears.

A is the faucet of the apparatus. Faucet A comprises a shell providedwith delivery end a and plunger-rod end a, plunger-rod a (preferably oftwo parts pivotally connected, as at 1 plug a on rod (1 spring ainterposed between disk a and the shell of the faucet, (such disk a isrigidly secured on plunger-rod a2) packing a a and nut a". A is thewater-supply pipe to which faucet A is attached.

B B are screw-threaded connecting-rods by means of which connection 0(and connection 0 Fig. 2) is attached to the faucet A. The connection 0has a hole therethrough, through which rod D, controlling the admissionof water from the street-mains or other source of water-supply to thehouse-pipes, passes. The position of the connection 0 on the rod D iscontrolled in the construction illustrated in Fig. 1 by nuts 0 O and inthe construction illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 by the fastening-clipI.

D is the key to rod D, by means of which key the rod is turned either toadmit water to the house-pipes or to shutwater from the house-pipes andpermit the water contained therein to flow to waste therefrom in the ordinary way.

(3 is a modification of the connection from the connecting-rods B B toconnecting-rodD (see Figs. 2, 3, and 4) and may consist of a tube.

E is a cam-lever pivotally mounted in connection C on pivot e in suchmanner that when the handle 6 thereof is in the position illustrated inFig. 2 of the drawings the plunger-rod o of faucetA is depressed, andthe plug a of such faucet Ais thereby forced off its seat, so that waterwill flow from the housepipe A through the faucet and be discharged Theconnection 0, Fig. 1,

is attached to the faucet A and adjusted by the nuts to, so that theplunger a is depressed in the same manner as by the placing of the inthe modification shown in Fig. 2 of the a is closed on itsseat.

drawings.

e is a recess in the cam E.

F is a Washer on one of the rods-BB and a justable by means of handle G,attached to such rod G and extending through slot g in" such connectionC H is a cam secured on rod 1) by pin it to turn therewith, and h it areshoulders on The rod G is movable longitudinally, so that one endthereof may be in recess (2 of cam E, at which time the" otherendthereof is adjacent to cam H, but not in contact there with, asisillustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, or such rod G may bemovedout ofthe recess in cam E and in front of shoulder h of cam H. When rod Gis inthe first-named position, (in the recess in cam E,) cam E is locked inthe position thereof illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and theplunger a on plungenrod a of faucet A is maintained off its seat againstthe resiliency of spring a and in position so that water may flowthrough the faucet. When rod G is moved longitu dinally from theposition thereof illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings into the positionillustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, so'as to be in contact with oneof the shoulders h of cam H and out of recess e incam E, the cam E canthen be moved so that plunger-rod a of-faucet A will be moved by springA into substantially the position thereof illustrated in Fig. 5 of thedrawings, at which time plug To move rod G longitudinally into suchposition, releasing cam E and locking cam H, rod D must first be turnedso as to shut water from the street-pipes entering the house-pipe, andso as to permit the Water in the house-pipes to flow to waste, andbefore water can again be turned on the house-pipes the lever e of cam Emust again be brought into substantially the position illustrated inFig. 2 and the rod G must be moved longitudinally into the recess a ofcam E. Connection 0 being secured in place so that the faucet A is open,(plug a is off its seat,) the handle or key D is turned to admit waterfrom the street-mains to the house-pipe or to prevent Water from soentering, as desired. When handle or key D is turned to permit water toHow from the street-main to the house-pipe,water will flow through thefancet A, and the only way to stop such flow is to turn the key D toshut the water off from the housepipe A and to permit the water in thehouse-pipe to flow to waste. If any accident happens to the rod D, sothat water cannot be shut from the house-pipe A, the connection 0 may bedisconnected from the faucet by turning the nuts 0 O on rod D and alsothe nuts h b on the connecting-rods B B to release the rod (L from itsretracted position, permitting plug'd' to seat, and thereby stop theflow ofwater.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 of the drawings theconnection 0 is permanently attachedto faucet A by meansofconnecting-rods B B andnuts thereon, and in this construction-in casewhen the rod B is turned to shut water oif from the housepipe A and bybreakage or otherwise the turning of the rod does not stop the flow ofWater through the house-pipe A and faucet A the longitudinally-movablerod G maybe moved out of the recess in cam E and in front of the cam H,and thereafter cam E can be turned to permit the plug a to come to itsseat. In this modification when plug a xis. seated the rod D,togetherwith cam H thereon, cannot be turned to admit Water into the house-pipeA until longitudinally-movable rod G is moved from in front of cam H,and to move such rod G awayfrom in front of the cam H it is necessary tobring cam E into substantially the position thereof illustrated in Fig.2 of the drawings and then move rod G longitudinally into the recess aof such cam E. Provision is thus made for preventing flooding of thehouse when the turning of the rod D to shut water off from thehouse-pipes does not accomplish the desired result.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a safety-faucet and water-controlling connection, a faucet,connected to the watersupply house-pipe, arod provided with a handle bymeans of which Water can be turned into and shut off from thehouse-pipe, and a connection between the faucet and the rod, suchconnection arranged to hold the valveplugof the faucet off from itsseat; substantially as described.

2. In a safety-faucet and water-controlling connection, the combinationof a faucet connected to the water-supply house-pipe, a rod wherebywater may be turned into and shut off from the house-pipe, a connectionbetween the rod and the faucet, mechanism in such connection to maintainthe valve-plug of the faucet off from its seat when the rod is turned toadmit water to the house-pipe and means to release such mechanism whenthe rod is turned to shut water off from the house-pipe; substantiallyas described.

3. In a safety-faucet and Water-controlling apparatus a house-pipe and afaucet consisting of a casing provided with a valve-seat and adischargeoutlet, a longitudinally-movable rod in the casing, avalve-plugon the rod and a spring yieldingly holding the valve-plug on its seat,in combination with a rod movable to turn Water off from and to admitwater to the house-pipe and a connection. between the rod and thefaucet, such connection attached to the faucet to depress thelongitudinallymovable rod and maintain the valve-plug off its seat;substantially as described.

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14. In a safety-faucet and Water-controlling connection, the combinationof a faucet to the Water-supply house-pipe, a .rod whereby water may beturned into and shut 01f from the house-pipe, and a connection betweensuch rod and the faucet suchconnection consisting of a pipe or tube,steam in such pipe or tube, such cam provided With a recess and means toturn the cam, a longitudinally-movable rod in the pipe or tube and acamon the rod controlling the admission of water to thehouse-pipe, thecams, longitudinally-movable rod in the pipe or tube and the plunger-rodof the faucet so related that when the longitudinally-movable rod is inthe recessofthecam in, the tube on pipe the faucet is open and the rodcontrolling the admission of water to the house-pipe may be turned toadmit water into the house-pipe or to shut water 01f.

the recess in the cam and such "rod control-t ling the admission ofwater to the house-pipe is in position to permit the waterin thehousepipe to runto waste and such rod cannot be turned to admit waterto, the house-pipe, and

at such time the cam in the pipe or tube can.

be'turned to open enclose the valve of/the fancet,as desired;substantially as described.

I GASSEN. In presence -of r CHARLES TURNER BROWN, OORA A. ADAMS.

